"There are Gains for All Our Losses," by Richard Henry Stoddard
| Transcription of Poem There are gains for all our loſses[1] [2] There are gains for all our loſses,1 There are balms for all our pain; But when youth, the dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better Under manhood’s [sterner] reign; Still we find that something sweet Followed youth with flying feet, And will never come again. Something beautiful has vanished And we sigh for it in rain; We behold it everywhere, On the earth and in the air, But it never comes again. Richard Henry Stoddard. Born Maſs. [1825].[3] [1] Long s, a writing convention in the 19th century, was used in place of “s” when there were two “s” consonants together. [2] Poem actually titled “Flight of Youth” according to the Yale Book of American Verse, published in 1912. The actual transcript of the poem can be viewed at: http://www.bartleby.com/102/160.html [3] It appears the author wrote 1825, but there also appears to be a “6” drawn over the “5” in another pen. Richard Henry Stoddard was actually born in 1825. Transcriptions & Essay by Kirsten Corbman | Information about this poem Biography of Richard Henry Stoddard Formal Description of Poem Explication of Poem |
